World Central Kitchen Chef Corp member Daniel Shemtob smiles as he looks out from the service window of his food truck, The Lime Truck, as he serves burritos to Eaton Fire first responders at the Rose Bowl Stadium, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. (AP) — The Pacific Palisades home where chef Daniel Shemtob and his wife dreamed of raising a family is now nothing more than a cratered pit of twisted metal and rubble. Gone are the gourmet kitchen, the nursery with the baby giraffe and elephant wallpaper, the half-century-old olive trees in the yard.